Orchard Windows Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming solo exhibition “Turbulence” by artist Bernard Klevickas. Working mostly in sheet metal Bernard forms and shapes flat planes into 3dimensional surfaces. the edge and both sides of the surface are visible, creating a thin skin with a hollow and accessible inside. The material undulates with complex curvature. A waveform is the conveyer of expression to Bernard. At times the the swell and the crest are the same only arranged in opposing directions. Bernard believes beauty can found in the relationship of proportions. One curve upon a surface relating to another in a floating oasis of undefined scale which can relate to brainwaves to sea waves to gravitational tugging and ebbing of forces.

There will be a reception Tuesday March 6th 6-8pm. The exhibition runs to March 25th. Regular gallery hours are 11am to 6pm Tuesday through Sunday. The gallery will be open extended hours to 9pm March 7th through 11th.

Bernard Klevickas was born in 1971 in Gary, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998. In 2000 he relocated to the New York Hudson River Valley. Employed by Polich Art Works (now Polich-Tallix) as an art fabricator he honed his construction expertise by fabricating sculpture for Jeff Koons, Frank Stella, Louise Bourgeois, and other artists. Klevickas is currently developing his own art and has won several grants and awards, including a Leadership; Light the Way Award from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an Individual Artist Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. Bernard has exhibited his work widely throughout the U.S. including the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art in Dallas Texas and recently at the Katonah Museum of Art in New York. He has exhibited internationally in Istanbul, Venice, and Bermuda. His artwork has been written about in print and online in many publications, including the New York Times and Hyperallergic Art Blogazine. He lives in Long Island City, New York.